Jacob Bjerknes
Norwegian-American meteorologist · Norway · On the map · Lived 1897 to 1975 · aged 77
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes was a Swedish-born Norwegian-American meteorologist. He is known for his key paper in which he pointed the dynamics of the polar front, mechanism for north-south heat transport and for which he was also awarded a doctorate from the University of Oslo.
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1975Died7 July 19751967Golden Plate AwardAward1966National Medal of ScienceAward1962Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAward1960Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research MedalAward1959International Meteorological Organization PrizeAward1958Vega MedalAward1957Guggenheim FellowshipAward1947Knight First Class of the Order of St. OlavAward1945William Bowie MedalAward1897Born2 November 1897
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Lived 1897 to 1975 · aged 77
